Al-‘Āmāli, Al-Shaykh al-Ṣadūq, The Twelfth Assembly – Ḥadīth #1

Al-‘Āmāli, Al-Shaykh al-Ṣadūq, The Twelfth Assembly – Ḥadīth #1

It was narrated to us by al-Shaykh, al-Faqih al-Ṣadūq (Abū Jaʿfar Moḥammed bin ʿAlī bin al-Ḥussain bin Mūsa bin Bābawayh al-Qummi رضي الله عنه), who said – it was narrated to us by Moḥammed bin al-Ḥassan bin Aḥmed bin al-Walīd رضي الله عنه, who said – it was narrated to us by al-Ḥussain bin al-Ḥassan bin Ābān, from al-Ḥussain bin Saʿīd, from al-Ḥussain bin ʿIlwān, from ʿAmru bin Shimr, from Jābir:

From Abī Jaʿfar al-Bāqir عليه السلام, who said: When The Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وآله would look upon the crescent of the Month of Ramadhān, he would turn his face towards the qibla, and would say: Oh Allāh, welcome it with security and safety upon us, peace and submission, good health and honour, abundant sustenance, removal of illness, recitation of the Qur’ān, and assistance with prayers and fasting. Oh Allāh, give the Month of Ramadhān in safety, and take it back with safety, and make us submissive in it until the Month of Ramadhān finishes and you have forgiven us.
He then turns his face towards the people and says: Oh gathering of Muslims, if the crescent of the Month of Ramadhān emerges, the rebellious devils are chained, and the doors of the heavens, Paradise, and mercy are opened, and the doors of the fire is closed. The supplications are answered and Allāh, Mighty and Majestic, emancipates from the chains from the fire at every break of the fast. A caller will call out each night: ‘Is there any one who requests [his needs]? Is there one who seeks forgiveness? Oh Allāh give reward to all of those who give in charity, and allow those who give in charity lose nothing’; until the crescent of Shawwāl emerges, whereupon the believers are called to: ‘Come take your rewards, for it is the day of [obtaining] rewards.’
Abū Jaʿfar عليه السلام then said: I swear, by the one in whose hands is my life, those rewards are not dinānīr and dirāhim.1